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- Thanks for joining us for CBN Newswatch.
I'm Mark Martin.
Turkey says it won't givein to President Trump's
threat of economic sanctionsif imprisoned U.S. Pastor
Andrew Brunson isn't released.
The Turks say their courtshould decide his case.
Vice President Mike Pencemade the warning clear
at a global summit on persecution.
Erik Rosales has the story.
- Man's Turkey to releasePastor Andrew Brunson now.
Mike President MikePence echoed the demand
at the first everministerial summit to advance
religious freedom.
- To President Erdoğan,and the Turkish government,
I have a message onbehalf of the President
of the United States of America.
Release Pastor Andrew Brunson now
or be prepared to face the consequences.
- [Erik] President Trumpspelled out the consequences
in his recent tweet.
"The United States will imposelarge sanctions on Turkey
"for their long term detainmentof Pastor Andrew Brunson,
"a great Christian, family man,and wonderful human being."
Turkish authoritiesarrested Brunson in 2016
on charges he helped plan a failed coup.
The 50-year-old pastor facesup to 35 years in prison.
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Wednesday, a court orderedBrunson taken from prison
and placed on house arrest.
The Vice President saysthat's not good enough.
- Pastor Andrew Brunsonis an innocent man.
There is no credible evidence against him.
I know that his faith will sustain him,
but it shouldn't have to.
Pastor Andrew Brunson deserves to be free.
- [Erik] Pence told the leadersof more than 80 countries
the list of religiousfreedom violators is long.
China, Iraq, and North Korea top the list
and even though President Trumpis seeking better relations
with North Korea, theadministration continues
to press the issue of religious freedom.
- North Korea's persecution of Christians
has no rival on the earth.
It is unforgiving, systematic, unyielding,
and often fatal.
The mere possession of a Christian bible
is a capital offense.
- [Erik] At the HolocaustMuseum, U.S. Ambassador
to the United Nations, Nikki Haley,
spoke about the U.S.'s commitment
to protecting religious liberty.
- We will continue to forcefully advocate
for religious tolerance inthe international arena,
not just because so manypeople are being denied
this right, but becausedefending religious freedom
makes for a safer and more peaceful world
for all of us.
- Secretary Pompeo saysthe ministerial summit
will not be a one-timeevent but an annual event
under the Trump administration.
Erik Rosales, CBN News, Washington.
- Here's a look now at someof the other major headlines
we're following in the CBN Newsroom today.
An explosive wildfire torethrough two small northern
California communities Thursday.
Residents are fleeing from the car fire
which has already killed one worker
and injured several firefighters.
Officials say the fire is
taking down everything in its path.
Crews are working to contain the fire
which is burning across 45 square miles.
Nearly 2,000 immigrantchildren were reunited with
their parents by yesterday'scourt ordered deadline.
The Trump administrationsays about 700 children
remained separated still,most of whose parents
have already been deported.
They say those reunionswill take more time
as the government worksto fly them back home
to their home countriesof Guatemala, El Salvador,
and Honduras.
A U.S. military plane madea rare trip into North Korea
to retrieve 55 cases of remainsof U.S. military members
killed during the Korean war.
White House said the handoverfollows through on a promise
Kim Jong-un made to President Donald Trump
during their June summit in Singapore.
The remains weredelivered in a ceremony on
a military base in South Korea.
More than 7,000 U.S.soldiers are still listed
as missing from the Koreanwar, most of whose remains
are believed to still be in North Korea.
For more on these and other stories,
visit CBNNews.com.
A blood moon will appearin the night sky tonight
in a show of the longest lunar eclipse
for the next 1,000 years.
According to NASA, themoon will spin a total
of three hours and 54minutes in Earth's shadow.
The eclipse will be best seenin Africa, the Middle East,
southern Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Astronomers say Mars willalso appear red tonight
and will shine whiterin the sky since it has
since 2003.
Some Christians believethe blood moons are a sign
of fulfillment of prophecyand to read more about that,
visit CBNNews.com.
Even though the economy grew very strongly
in the second quarter,some businesses are still
facing troubles.
Facebook had the biggest one day loss
in stock market history Thursday.
As Jennifer Wishon reports,Facebook has also been
facing other problems,as some conservatives
and Christians have hadconcerns about censorship
by the social media giant.
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- [Jennifer] In one day, thesocial media giant lost nearly
120 billion of his market share.
This after the companyrevealed its user base
and revenue grew slower than expected,
as it grapples with privacyand censorship concerns.
Why?
Some blame the Cambridge Analytica scandal
where a political datacompany gained access
to 50 million users information,resulting in Facebook CEO,
Mark Zuckerberg testifyingbefore Congress.
Meanwhile, some Christiansand conservatives
argue Facebook is targetingtheir message for censorship.
- People that believes in God,
people that believes in our Constitution,
people that even creates patriotic songs,
they wanna get rid of that stuff,
but if somebody was walking around naked
and beating up somebody ordisparaging our president,
that kinda stuff got em millions of views.
- [Jennifer] National religiousbroadcaster's president
Jerry Johnson says Facebookshould apply the first amendment
to questions of speech.
Otherwise, he fears Christianand conservative voices
will be silenced.
- Silicon Valley does notwant conservative talk
and Christian talk.
They wanna push progressiveand leftist values.
That's just the fact.
- [Jennifer] Zuckerberg lost15 billion in personal wealth
and some believe it's time the 34-year-old
lost even more, his job.
- [Robert] The problem is, we don't learn
in computer science thetechniques of managing
a global company thatinvolves governments,
that involves diverse shareholders,
that involves diverse political interest.
- [Jennifer] Jennifer Wishon, CBN News.
- Twitter's stock also fell early today
after its new earningsreport and President Trump
has threatened to investigateTwitter over a practice
known as shadow banning.
The President is concernedthat the social media company
is limiting the visibilityof prominent conservatives
in its search results.
Trump's criticism cameafter Vice News reported
that several RepublicanCongressman had been banned
unknowingly from Twitter's search engine.
Dan Gainor, Vice Presidentof Business and Culture
at the Media ResearchCenter tells CBN News
the social media company'sbias toward conservatives
comes as no surprise.
- We did a major researchproject earlier this year,
looking at the top social media companies
and we found at the timethat Twitter was the worst.
- After MRC and thePresident spoke out about the
shadow banning, Vice News reported Twitter
adjusted its platform toreinstate the visibility
of some prominent republicansin its search results.
To hear more fromGainor, go to CBNNews.com
and look for our report onthe Twitter controversy.
Democrats in the Senatecannot block President Trump's
Supreme Court nominee, BrettKavanaugh, on their own,
but they hope to at least delay it.
Abigail Robertson brings us that story
from the Supreme Court showdown.
- Many Senate democratsare refusing to even meet
with Judge Kavanaughunless republicans release
close to a million pages of documents
related to Kavanaugh's tenurein the Bush White House.
- Republican colleaguesare dragging their feet
and that begs a serious question.
What are Judge Kavanaughand the republicans hiding?
- [Abigail] Majorityleader, Mitch McConnell,
responded to the tacticby threatening to keep
senators in session as long as needed
to get a vote on Kavanaugh.
- Let there be no misunderstandingthat there would be
any kind of delaying tacticthat would take us past
the first Tuesday of November.
- [Abigail] Senate judiciary committee,
Chairman Chuck Grassley tells CBN News
he believes these documentswouldn't change a thing.
- How much more do they need to know
to vote no?
And yet, they're reallypushing hard for everything.
- [Abigail] Grassley wouldlike the Senate to go back
to when they simply looked ata nominee's qualifications,
not their politics or ideology.
- Now you have it, you canbarely get somebody with 51
or 52 votes to get on the Supreme Court
because some people, like take the view,
well it doesn't matter who Trump appoints,
I'm gonna be against them.
- [Abigail] He believesKavanaugh is a strong pick.
- If you're a person before him,
you would feel that you'regetting equal justice
before the law.
- [Abigail] Grassley feelsif Kavanaugh can prove that
during the hearing, he'll be fine.
- Judge Kavanaugh satisfyingpeople that he's going to be
an independent personthat's gonna leave his
personal views out of it and he's going to
look at the law, looksat facts of the case.
- Republicans are racing to get Kavanaugh
on the bench by October 1st,
the start of the nextSupreme Court session.
Reporting from Capitol Hill,Abigail Robertson, CBN News.
- The Christian communitycontinues to mourn
the unexpected death ofauthor, speaker, and blogger,
Wynter Evans Pitts, the mother of four
and niece to Mega ChurchPastor, Dr. Tony Evans,
died in her sleep Tuesdayat just 38 years old.
Now, her husband,Jonathan Pitts, is hoping
his wife's death will be a reminder to all
that life is short.
On Instagram, he left an inspiring note
with a profound message.
"You can never know for sure if you are
"young or old because you don't know
"when the Lord will call you home."
The family continues to ask for prayers
during this difficult time.
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- Coming up, Jewish immigrantsarrive in Israel this week,
helping to celebrate the Jewish state's
70th anniversary andfulfill biblical prophecy.
We'll have that story when we come back.
Welcome back.
Clashes between Muslim worshippers
and Israeli security forcesrocked the Temple Mount today
after a Palestinian terroriststabbed an Israeli man
to death and wounded twoothers at a Jewish community
outside Jerusalem Thursday.
Despite the threat of terrorism,
Jews are moving to Israel.
Hundreds of Jewishimmigrants landed at Israel's
Ben Gurion Airport atthe start of the week.
Both Jewish and Christianleaders gave them
a joyous welcome tohelp celebrate Israel's
70th anniversary year.
As John Waage reports,they're helping to fulfill
bible prophecy.
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- [John] In Hebrew, it's called Aliyah
or going up to the land of Israel
and these immigrants are joining thousands
of other Israelis who have made Aliyah
in the 70 years since Israelbecame a modern nation.
Both outgoing Jewish agency chairmen,
Natan Sharansky and thenew chairman, Isaac Herzog,
were on hand to greet them.
Nearly 200 of these brandnew soon-to-be Israelis
are from France and manyof them are children.
France is just one of anumber of countries in Europe
and throughout the globe
where the danger to Jews is growing.
- It's very concerning what's happening
in western Europe, also inother parts of the world
where you can see anti-semitism rising
its ugly head whether it's in the form of
anti-semitism or anti-Israel sentiments
which are basically justmasking anti-semitism.
Moore says the Jewishagency has kept a promise
since Israel became a nation 70 years ago.
- Never again willthere be a Jewish person
who was in danger, who was full of hope,
who wants to come to Israel,
but the doors are closed.
- Thierry Haddad, apianist, says radical Muslim
anti-Jewish violence wasa factor in his move.
- It's more and more true.
Also, the politic tried to protect but
it's difficult.
- [John] Sarah Rachel Levycame alone from Paris.
She says anti-semitismdidn't drive her out.
It was more of a calling.
- I would be with my people
and my God and my land.
It was no obligation for me.
If I didn't do that, it's like I am dead.
I don't know what to say.
- [John] Christianleaders also played a role
in the welcome ceremony.
They've been helping Jewishimmigrants get to Isreal
for decades, why?
(shouting)
Tom Hess, Director of theAll Nations Convocation
in Jerusalem says the 700references to Aliyah in the bible
make it clear it's somethingclose to God's heart.
- It says in the scripturesthat God will bring
his people back down fromthe north, the south,
the east and the west.
Most of the Jews have come from the north
and the south and the east.
90% of the Jews outside of Israel today
are in the west, so weknow there's gonna be
a massive Aliyah, not onlycontinuing from the north
but from the west, Godwill bring back millions
and millions of Jews.
- [John] John Waage, CBN News, Tel Aviv.
- Still ahead, he wantedto live in the mountains
but God had other ideas for him
and he learned to bloomwhere he was planted.
Now, he's known as a connoisseurof outdoor adventure.
He shows it online with his videos
that demonstrate his love forGod's creation and for Jesus.
We'll have his story right after this.
Hunting, camping, fishing, cooking.
Bill Dixon is a connoisseurof outdoor adventure.
His video blogs on Facebookand YouTube feature
not only his passion for God's creation,
but his love for Jesus.
Wendy Griffith went outto the Pongo Prairie
here in southeasternVirginia to meet the man
known as the Renaissance Redneck.
- Hey y'all.
Welcome to the Pongo Prairie.
We gon' be hunting some of these legendary
Saskatchewan trophy white tail bucks.
So, don't go nowhere 'causeyou don't wanna miss this.
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- [Wendy] For more than five years,
Bill Dixon has been serving up
a delicious medley of recipes,
outdoor adventures, and camping tips,
sprinkled with a good dose of faith
that has delighted fansof his video blogs.
- Now I'm gon' showy'all how to set up camp
the Pongo Prairie way.
- [Wendy] Pongo is a ruralarea of eastern Virginia
and the last place Dixonthought he would end up
after his marriage ended.
- She was the love of my life.
We were married almost 20 years
and she just decided she wantedto do something different.
I always thought I wasgon' be in the mountains
at this stage in my life.
God finally told me,"Dixon, you're not gon' be
"in the mountains, youcan go to the mountains,
"but I'll give you to Pongo Prairie
"so you gotta learn tobloom where you're planted."
- [Wendy] Som of that planting happened
after Dixon flunked the 5th grade
and had to repeat itat a Christian school.
- My mother, she kindagot worried about me.
One day, I was out in theyard and she was watching me
and I came in the house and she said,
"Billy, are you OK?"
I said, "Yeah Mom, I'm fine, why?"
She said, "Who are youtalking to out there?"
I said, "What do you mean?"
She said, "I'm a little bitworried about every time
"I look out, you're talking,your lips are moving."
"Oh, I'm just praying."
She said, "You're praying?"
I said, "Yeah, Ms. Glazebrooktold me the bible says
"to pray without ceasing."
Now, the 1st thing we're gonna do--
- [Wendy] For years, friends begged Dixon
to share his deliciousrecipes in a cookbook.
But Dixon thought he couldreach more people by video.
- I made a whatchagot chili,
just outta what I had in therefrigerator and the pantry.
Wasn't planned at all.
I shot a real quickimpromptu video of that
and I said, "That'll shut em up.
"Once they see that,
"I won't have to worry about it anymore."
- [Wendy] And they loved it.
- And then, they rated it,
"You gotta do another one.
"You gotta do another one."
- Bill, you always saya blessing over the food
and why do you do that?
- I thought, OK, if I'mgonna be doing this,
let me do it so that maybe people can say
that you can have fun, youcan hunt, you can fish,
you can love the great outdoors,
you can party, you can have a great time,
you still love the Lordand it's even better!
Follow the subtleties ofthe bible or God's minutes
sitting there in a scene in a cliff
and the blessing at the end.
Maybe, just maybe that willgrab the attention of somebody.
- [Wendy] Dixon says one ofhis videos did more than that.
It helped save a life.
- He said, "I just wantedto let you know that
"you really kept megoing for the last year
"while I was laid up 100 andsome odd days in the hospital
"battling two forms of leukemia."
Him and his six year oldson, they watched my video,
Good Camp, which is atime-lapsed thing of me
sitting in my hunting camp upin the mountains of Virginia
and he said, "I justwanted to let you know
"how much I appreciatedbeing able to go to
"to watch your videoswhile I was spending time
"in the hospital."
That really just blew me away.
- So Bill, right now asI'm interviewing you,
we are surrounded by severaldeer that I'm assuming
that you shot and killed and ate
and a very large buffalo.
Can you tell us about this?
- Each one of these animals you see,
I shot and my Daddy taught me early on,
if you're gonna kill something,
make sure you're gonna eat it.
I like knowing where my food comes from
and one way I knowwhere my food comes from
is where I go out and harvest it myself.
- [Wendy] Today, theman affectionately known
as the Renaissance Redneckentertains as many followers
on Facebook and YouTubeand has no plans to stop.
- To me, there's two verses in the bible
that is almost all ya need.
In John 3:16, we know what that is.
- Yeah.
- In the other one is Psalms 23.
The Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want.
So if you accept Jesusand you act on that faith,
you believe Psalm 23, verse one,
the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want,
everything else comes together.
That, girls and boys, is what's cookin'
on Pongo Prairie.
- [Wendy] Wendy Griffith, CBN News,
somewhere on the Pongo Prairie.
- Ah, that's great, theRenaissance Redneck.
Tell you what, giving out good information
and with a heart for Jesus.
Can't beat that.
We'll be right back withmore of CBN Newswatch.
Don't go away.
The weekend is here andif your plans include
heading to the theaters, ourfriends at Plugged In Online
have a family friendly review of the
Mission Impossible fallout, take a look.
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- [Voiceover] The end,always feared, is coming.
- In the movie, Mission:Impossible Fallout,
the madman anarchist,Solomon Lane, is behind bars.
So it's time for IMF agent Ethan Hunt
to take a vacation, right?
It turns out that theremnants of Lane's syndicate
had joined forces withanother mysterious killer
and are threatening aworldwide catastrophe
involving three missingRussian plutonium cores.
Ethan also has to deal witha heavy hitting CIA enforcer.
- His team will be dead.
- Yes, they would, that's the job.
- An MI6 agent floatingaround with her own
deadly agenda, and thefact that his beloved ex,
Julia, is in someone's crosshair.
- So, how is he?
- Hell, you know, same old Ethan.
(intense music)
- On top of everything else,he has to break Solomon Lane
back out of his highly secured confinement
without hurting anyone.
- This is a bad idea.
- Is it ever a good one?
Honestly.
- This sixth pick in theMission Impossible franchise
is the epitome of today'sspy guy action film.
It has a stallward butemotionally tortured hero,
tons of twisting intrigue,along with all the
breakneck ticking clockaction you might imagine
that you can pack into twoand a half hours of film.
That also means there's a whole lot of
painful looking beat em ups,
a few nasty expletives,and some incredibly intense
and sometimes goopy deathdealing in the secret agent mix.
So I'm giving Mission:Impossible Fallout
two and a half dastardly double crosses
out of five for family friendliness.
For an in depth review of this film
or anything else at your local box office,
be sure to visit us at pluggedin.com,
plugging you into the movies,
I'm Bob Waliszewski forFocus on the Families
Plugged In movie review.
And you can find more ofour exclusive coverage
of the issues you careabout most at CBNNews.com
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